Capital Hills at Albany Golf Course

Overview: Capital Hills at Albany is a public 18-hole parkland course on the southern side of Albany. The layout uses rolling, hilly ground and touches Norman’s Kill creek on six holes, with the elevation changes giving the course much of its character. From the back tees it measures 6,179 yards and plays to par 70. The course is a practical Capital Region round, but its hills, water and elevated approaches provide enough variety to make it more than a straightforward municipal walk through the city.

History: Albany’s municipal golf story began in 1930, when the city purchased farmland and hired Devereux Emmet to design a permanent course. The 18-hole Albany Municipal Golf Course was dedicated on May 28, 1932. After decades of local play, Robert Smith and Edward Bosse led a major redesign that reopened as the New Course at Albany in July 1991. A later public naming process produced the Capital Hills name, linking the modern course to both its municipal origin and its long Albany history.

Did You Know? The course’s name comes from its terrain. The back nine was deliberately shifted toward the hilly ground in an earlier redesign, helping create the rolling character that still defines the route today.